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Chilton, Foushee enter race for N.C. Senate seat

Carrboro Mayor Mark Chilton will submit his name for consideration for appointment to the North Carolina State Senate to fill a seat Sen. Ellie Kinnaird, D-Orange, vacated Monday.

Chilton indicated his willingness to complete Kinnaird’s term via a post on Facebook.

“We need to be out recruiting candidates in targeted districts, connecting campaign talent, money and volunteers with those candidates and recapturing control of the Senate,” Chilton said in his post.

“I have a thousand other issues I’d like to work on, but it [is] clear that until we change the composition of the General Assembly, we will be fighting a rearguard battle trying to defend voting rights, education, the environment, reproductive freedom etc.”

Chilton did not immediately return requests for additional comment.

Rep. Valerie Foushee, D-Orange, also announced her interest in Kinnaird’s vacated seat.

“I’m pursuing this seat because Orange County is my home and I want to be able to represent the entire county, as well as Chatham, in the legislature,” Foushee said in a press release.

“I understand the tensions between the rural and urban areas and as a former representative of both, I am uniquely qualified to represent Senate District 23.”

Kinnaird’s replacement will be nominated by an executive committee comprised of Democratic officials from Orange and Chatham County.

Gov. Pat McCrory will formally appoint the nominee to serve the remainder of Kinnaird’s term, Hughes said, adding that he hopes a replacement will be found before the legislature convenes to possibly override McCrory’s recent vetoes.

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